I am searching for origins of James Clark, born around 1800 (possibly in
Berwick Maine, but haven't found a record there) married 2/16/1823 (or 1/19/1823)
Lavinia Wentworth (b.1804) and had 10-12 children between 1824 and 1848.
Their children, all Clarks, were:

EmelineClark

James Augustus Clark

Olive Ann Clark

Lavinia Emeline Clark

Sarah Wentworth Clark

Levi Chadbourn Clark

Ellen Maria Clark

Horace Porter Clark - my gg-grandfather-,

Elizabeth B Clark

Charles E.N. Clark

According to family legend, my greatgrandfather, James Russell Clark "added
the 'e' back onto the family name", after his mother, Harriet E. Haines (wife
of Horace Porter Clark), discovered the family roots. Unfortunately, I have
no clue what she found that initiated the spelling change. My guess is that
the first James Clark's father or grandfather spelled Clark with the 'e',
but who knows? My father is James Russell Clarke III.